Civil War - AAIHS

Slavery, Family Separation, and the Ransom Case of John Weems

During the nineteenth century, several state laws prohibited, or restricted the ability of African Americans to testify against white people.

Even in prison, rebellions are contagious. In 2016, a national prison strike led us to compile the Prison Abolition Syllabus on

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing our recent online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois in recognition of the anniversary of his passing on

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by historian Yuichiro

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by blogger Brandon